n. 1.死，灭亡；寂灭；死的解脱。 2.(债务，义务等的)偿清，解除，理清；〔古语〕清欠收据。 3.平息；制止。 4.静止状态；休眠。 短语和例子 give a quietus to a rumour 杜绝谣言。 get one's quietus 死。 give sb. his quietus 杀死。
Example Sentences:
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After a quietus of twenty years she returned 她隐退二十年后又东山再起。
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But my father put the quietus on it . threatened to disown me 但我父亲不肯答应还威胁跟我脱离关系
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Spaniards , for instance , he continued , passionate temperaments like that , impetuous as old nick , are given to taking the law into their own hands and give you your quietus double quick with those poignards they carry in the abdomen “就拿西班牙人来说吧， ”他接下去说， “他们容易感情用事，像魔鬼一样急躁，动辄就用私刑，拔出下腹部所佩尖刀嗖的一下就清算你的一生131 。
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I would thou couldst ; for who would bear the whips and scorns of time , the oppressor s wrong , the proud man s contumely , the law s delay , and the quietus which his pangs might take , in the dead waste and middle of the night , when churchyards yawn in customary suits of solemn black , but that the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns , breathes forth contagion on the world , and thus the native hue of resolution , like the poor cat i the adage , is sicklied o er with care , and all the clouds that lowered o er our housetops , with this regard their currents turn awry , and lose the name of action 但愿您做得到谁愿忍受人世的鞭挞和嘲弄，压迫者的虐待，傲慢者的凌辱，法律的拖延，和痛苦可能带来的解脱，在这夜半死寂的荒凉里，墓穴洞开，礼俗的黑色丧服，一片阴森。但是那世人有去无还的冥界，正向人间喷出毒气阵阵，因此那刚毅的本色，象古语所说的那只可怜的小猫，就被烦恼蒙上了一层病容，一切压在我们屋顶上的阴云，因此改变了漂浮的方向，失去了行动的力量。那正是功德无量。
